Water jacketed and ventilated horse



Dec. 7, 1948. s. R. JOHNSON ET AL WATER JACKETED AND YENTILATED HORSE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 10, 1.946

Dec. 7, 1948.

S. R. JOHNSON ET AL WATER JACKETED A ND VENTIL ATED HORSE 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 10, 1946 Patented Dec. 7, 1948 r UNITED PATENT OFFICE 1. H j 2.54 5 4 v i 3 WATER .MCKFTED Ann vi'inrma'rnn Scott R. J ohnsomand Ralph M. Mero, Chicaxo. Ill., assignors to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York Y.,- a corporation of New York pplicati n Janu ry in, 1944;, sen n 640,170

2Claims (01.113-40) v v The invention relates generally to the "artf of manufacturing cans and primarily seeks toprovide, in a body maker, novel water jacketed and ventilated horse structure through whichthecari bodies pass while the side seams thereof are being solder bonded and while they are moving away from the solder bonding station and which is effective to dissipate heat ina manner permitting practical bonding of the can bodyside seams with silver-bearing solder to which a greaterthannormal amount of heat must be applied.

In the manufacture of .can bodies in known body makers, the blanks are fed intermittently and in processional orderalong feedwaysto the forming station, marginaijedge portions of the: blanks being conditioned at suitablework stations for being formed into side seams as" the bodies are shaped about theforming horn atthe forming station. After being formed at the forming station the can bodies are moved along in an outside horn or horse composed oi a pair of longi ging of the horse rails.- It is the purpose of the present'invention to provide novel means for dissipatingtheexcessive heat in a manner efiective to prevent damaging of the can coatings and also the warping and sagging of the horse rails.

. In its more detailed nature the invention resides in providing a novel water jacket extending along each horse rail and through which a coolant can be continuously directed for dissipating heat from the horse rails, and novel air venting holes extending through portions of the horse rails and thechain guide rail in a manner for ventilating therails and aiding in the dissipation of heat therefrom. l 1

With the above and other objects in view that; willhereinafter appear, the nature of the inven-i tion will be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figures 1 and la'togethercomprise a side elevation showing a portion of a body maker with the invention incorporated therein.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation ofthe water jacketing mounted on the horse. Figure 3 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 3 3 ong Figure *1.

by a soldering roll, and the side seams are solder bonded by thefsolder. applied by said roll,fand thereafter the side seams pass over ajgrotating wiperroll which wipes oii soldersurplusadhering externally to the seams.

Conditions of supplyand economicshave at times made it necessary to use silver bearing solder low in tin content as a substitutefor the conventionally used tin-lead. solder. N Whenthis substitution is made it is necessary to provide a higher solder bath temperature, rematur ers areprovided between the solder bonding stat-,-

tion and the wiper roll for the purpose or keeping the excess solder adhering to the s ide seams hot enough to be properly removed by the wiper roll, and it may also be found desirableto provide pre heater burners in advance of thesolder bonding station'in order to facilitate thesolderbonding. This additional heat application has presented new problems in body maker operationbecause. of the great amount of heat collecting inside and outside the horse and in the cans :andthc: resultant softening and damaging of lacquer and decorative coatings on the can bodies and warpingland sag:

Figure 4 is'a vertical cross section taken on the 11116144 on Figure 1, i

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating a portion ofthe water jacketed and ventilated horse and the overlying chain guide rail.

the eirample of embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, the features of the invention are shown asincorporated in a body maker of the 'I'royer-Foir type well known in the art, but it is to beunderstoodthat said features may :be incorporatedinbody makers of other types.

m the drawings, the forming station of the body maker is generally indicated at 5, thearch B at the forming station being supported upon a base 1." The well known expansible forming horn is mounted under the arch at the forming station, and the stub horn 8 extends in co-axial alignment therefromi l Laterally" spaced channel beams 9 extend longitudinallyin parallel spaced relation from the arch 6 and'are supported at their extended ends on framerstandards 10. Channel beams H extend longitudinally beyond'the ends 01' the channel beams I at a higher level, and the beams 9 and IihaVe their upper andlower" flanges cut awayrand==-the web-or body portions thereof secured to the plate I2. The beams II are supported onframe standards I3.

The can bodies formed at the forming station are fed along the horn 8 by the usual reciprcat ing feeder means generally designated l4 into po- 5 sition for ,bein gjpi gleed ug by the ieed ervlugs If! projecting-from the conveyor cIiainPLQiaYidsaidY chain feeds the can bodies into and through the outside horse or horn generally designated 11.

will facilitate the subsequent solder boii'tilndf the side seams.

Th outside horse generally designated n l l is composed of two ldiig'it'iidinally' exteriding; .lateral 1y spec-ed rails 22 having:cohcave.:.opposing sur faces 23 which cooperate in providing a generally cylindriforin g'uiiieway through which-the, can bodies are fed by the conveyor Chain [6 in the mariner previouslystatedn Beyond the preheater [Bathe horselpasses oyer a solder roll 24. Thesolderhroll i's'.rotatably mounted as an with the. low'ennqntion therepi immersed in a bath of moltensclder .25 contained in thesomer pct 21, which issupportedhbetween the rails 9 in 'the nmanner d arly illustratedii? Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings. The goll z i is drivenby chain and sprockettranSrrl-ission means 28 rmma powerjsourcelfl mounted-onthepa e Just beyond the solder, A pot ,2] his. mounted a sweater burner unit generally des' nated gu, no comprising two has manifolds-3] y/ hich arelon; gitudinally extended and arranged in laterally spaced parallel relation. The rnaniio 3 are equipped with, aqplurality QLPJ uarly disp osed sta gered burners 324 so arran ed, Q5 .s ntec flames against the sideseamsgot the si g cpn; V taine'r. bodies throughtt fi spa ebetween thghgr e rails 22 the manner clearly illustrated infigure' l of thedrawin s. 1 1m; s i .s t-

Just beyond the sweater burner ur it is {10,911 f t} th us al w neriroll sa reteteblmt ported as at 34 and driven by sproclget andphain connections 35 frorn a shait g -hich,is i n t L,1 1"I1 driven by a sprocket and-char h driver shaft 38 It to ,be underlstgod that H shaft .3 isd iven ti a eenaertit par-tier ithe-ibpdremalier rive br nea w Be ond n neteen Hit-Pi pass .overga Q t 1 longitudina 1 I j z IQ a stile and extends new t. which, air iisilsuppliedihro gh a-duct H from a suitabiy drivenblower. t l y In th foregoingit willlbe apparent thatmS the can bodies 'aie'fedt'ailong thefstub born 8, the side seams thereof will-be preheated byinw fl fi over the 'prhe'ating burnerxl'a, and'promntly after this preheating, the can body side seams wil'l have solderappnea thereto by the rotating solder-roll 24. The wiper r'oll servestowipe ofi surplusgsolder applied to the exteri'ortof the can bodies at the 7 side seams, and the sweater burner disposed, be; tween .theisoldering roll and ;the swipes-r011 3. serves the two-fold pi'irpo'se'i ofs sweatin im. the solder and in "maintaining 'the;su'rp1us solder at the exteribr or the sid 'sams'in "molten state so Wii I 4 that it can be efficiently wiped oh? by the wiper roll 33.

It is to be understood that the solder bath is maintained in molten state by suitable heating means (not shown), and when silver-bearing solder is us edgnvthe bath it is necessary to apply a greater anfdgnt 6 f. heatilihafi when the conventionally used tin-lead solder is employed. It is also very desirable to include the preheater l8 an the sweater burner 30 when silver-bearin fs' rfiiiloydi This increased application of heat serves to excessively heat the outside horse l1 an d thepan podies;passing therethrough, and wlthout gson e proyision for dissipating this heat, diilicultis woi'ild beexperienced in damaging the decorative and lining coatings on the can and in thewarping and sagging of the rails 22 of which the horse is composed. It is the purpose of the firsent invention to provide such heat dissipating means, and this heat dissipating means, eft ttiye .e nb nation i the P e i y se z Res s. enact n practical. heus f we the horse rails as at 50. iii lsd includesan'inlet con m t q d flle ti Q .2 through some coolant can b'e con r' iei t i bu n a d i o i i i h traumatis with the heat dissipating ch "tigiget ame also includes a vent a e sew c .l i g eb t Th brad}: iip port bracket p ori i fill g ies s s i h rs re At the'othe e of the body maker the brack wafrdlmto fdefiniteiy plac'ekthe horse rail "sup-p ported thereby byreason of the conta t .of i the centered relation over the rails 22 in the manner. clearly illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5, and said j rail 12 is provided with a chain guideway 13 and supporting flanges l4 whereon the conveyor chain I6 can run. A rigid support member I is secured as at IE to, the rail 12 and at 11 to the fixed horse rail 22. It will also be apparent by reference to Figures 1, 1a and 4 of the drawingsthat thechain guide rail 1'2 and also the support member 15 are provided with registering vents or heat dissipating holes 18.

At one or more places in its length, the support member 15 and the chain guide rail 12 may have handle means 18 attached thereto as at BI] and pivoted to bracket means 8| so that when the screws 11 are removed, the guide rail 12 and said support member 15 may be swung upwardly out of effective position over the outside horse.

It will be apparent by reference toFigure 1 that the conveyor chain l8 passesover a sprocket 82 at the receiving end of the guide rail 12 and the top flight of the chain may be supported on sprockets mounted on bracketextensions 83.

Intermediate its length and opposite the solder roll, the chain uide rail 12 has spacer bar means 84 secured thereto, and said spacer bar means serves as a support for a stirrup 85 which is pivotally supported as at 86 on said bar means. The stirrup 85 is equipped with a screw 81 which is engageable with a block 88 secured as at 89 to the bar 90 which is in turn secured as at 9| across the jacket securing bars 49 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 3. By this means, the portion of the movable horse rail 22 at the position of the solder roll 24 is held against outward bend- It will be obvious that by displacing the stirrup 85 and the stirrups 88, the brackets 82 may be slid outwardly on the slideways BI and the supported horse rail 22 may bemoved outwardly away from the companion horse rail.

It will be obvious that the water or other coolant flowing through the water jackets 44 in combination with the vents 43 and 18 will serve to dissipate heat from the horse l1 and prevent having a guideway through which said chain travels, means for solder bonding the can body side seams as the can bodies are moved along the horse, and jacketing extending along the laterally-outwardly presented face of each rail and providing chambering through which a coolant can flow for dissipating heat from the horse and preventing heatdamaging of coatings on the can bodies and warping or sagging of the horse rails,

, operating in forming a feedway for the formed can bodies, a conveyor chain for feeding the can bodies along the horse, a guide rail for the chain having a guideway through which said chain travels, means for solder bonding the can body side seams as the can bodies are moved along the horse, a rotary seam wiping roll disposed beyond the solder bonding means and beneath the horse, can body seam heating means disposed beneath the horse and in advance of and also beyond the solder bonding means and in advance of said wiping roll, and jacketing extending along the laterally-outwardly presented face of each rail and providing chambering through which a coolant can flow fordissipating heat from the horse and preventing heat damaging of coatings on the can bodies and warping or sagging of the horse rails, said guide rail having ventilating air vents extending from its guideway through external wall portions thereof, and said horse rail also having a multiplicity of ventilating air vents extending from the concave faces thereof through warping or sagging of the horse rails 22 and also the damaging of the coatings on the can bodies which pass through saidhorse. 1

While one form of the invention has beenshown for purposes of illustration, it is to be clearly understood that various changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

We claim: l 1. In a body maker wherein can bodies having side seams are formed, the combination of an outside horse composed oi. two laterally space parallel rails having concave opposing faces operating in .forming a feedway forthe formed H can bodies, aboriveyor chain for feeding thecanbod es alo e e h rse, a guide rail for the. chain external wall portions thereof along each side of the chain guide rail.

1 SCOTT R. JOHNSONv RALPH M. MERO.

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